LIFE AND
lo h died for bit faltb. That It On
More than moat o( ill do.
Bnt stay, can too add to that Una
That b IlTed for It, too?
It It ta.jr to dlo. Man bar died
For a with or a whim
From bravado or pinion or prlda.
Wu It bard for hlar
i Gideon Marshall's Hens.
I . By HELENA DIXON.
It was a chilly morning, and Gideon
Marshall buttoned hit overcoat about
lila lean form and drew on a pair of
warm, home-made mittens, preparato
ry to taking a 20-mile ride to bis own
domicile, which could scarcely be called
a home, since it sheltered nothing hu
man save himself and an old domes
tic who had nursed him In Infancy,
and still persisted in calling him "her
boy," though he was on the shady
side of 40. But it Gideon lived with
out the society of bis fellow mortals,
he made up for it by surrounding
himself with an Innumerable number
of pets.
He kept guinea hens and guln
pigs, rabbits and canaries by the score,
and pigeons and geese, turkeys and
hens beyond count. Then he bad squir
rels In revolving cages, and crows
whose tongues he had split tbat they
might learn to talk. There was a
wooJchuck, too, that would follow
him about like a dog and drink milk
tram a cup, sitting up like a monkey,
vith cup held firmly in his paws. Ho
had tame mice besides, which cut all
sorts of antics, and had their nest In
an old coat sleeve which hung at the
foot of Gideon's bed, over which they
scampered every morning until he got
up, and then they ran before him to
the kitchen for their breakfast.
On the morning of which we write
Gideon was rejoicing In the acquisi
tion of half a dozen choice dorklng
hens, already cooped and In his wa'gou,
ready to be taken home.
"Take my advice, brother, and let
your pets go to grass. Get a sensible
little wife to make your home pleas
ant In place of your mice and wood
chucks, and my word for it, you will
never be sorry. Such a pet as this
now," and Gideon's brother picked up
a little curly-heeded 2-year-old as he
spoke; "such a jolly pet as this Is
worth all of yours a thousand times
over."
"You and I can never think alike on
that subject, brother," replied Gideon,
rather contemptuously, as he took up
the reins, and gave his horse a cut
with a whip, which put the ancient
heart In a lazy trot. The hens cack
led their adieus, and the wagon was
soon out of sight of the group assem
bled in the porch to witness the de
parture of their eccentric relative.
"He will never marry nothing sur
er than that, and all, I suppose, because
Linda Pratt Jilted him so shabbily
years ago. Well, she made a miserable
match for herself, I've been told,
though what has become of her I'm
sure I don't know. Linda wasn't so
much to blame, though, after all. Some
busybody stirred up a breeze between
them, the girl slighted Gld, and he
went off in a huff, and the engagement
wu broken."
Thus murmured Gideon's brother, as
with little curly head still In hla arms,
he retreated into the house.
Gideon drove away, forgetful of tho
subject hla brother had broached, his
mind naturally enough filled with
thoughts of the pets which had been
held up to ridicule. Never before had
he left them so long to the care of an
other, and he wondered anxiously
whether the old housekeeper had not
gratified her dislike for his guinea pigs,
mice, etc., by keeping them on short
rations. Occasionally, as his horse
jogged along In his steady-go-easy
gait, his master would turn to look
after the safety of the coop In the back
part of the wagon, peering In now and
then to see how the fowls were deport
ing themselves.
Only once did his brother's words
awake anything like a wish in his
bachelor's heart, and that was when
lie turned to take a parting view of
the happy home circle he was leaving
the father standing in the midst of
his children, with the little one laugh
ing and crowing in his arms, and the
mother bright and smiling by his side.
Then he, too, thought of Linda Pratt,
and of the long ago days when she was
tils promised bride. Then, with a half
suppressed sigh for the memory of
what might have been, and with a
tasty dash of tho hand across the
moistened eye, bo dismissed the sub
ject. Gideon had got over half his home
ward Journey, when a couple of gay
young men, driving a pair of fast
horseB, approached him from behind.
The worthy bachelor was unconscious
of their proximity, so absorbed was he
In bis own thoughts, until forcibly ap
prised of it by a concussion in the
rear, occasioned by the tongue of the
young men's wagon coming in con
tact with the box of his.
"Well, you'd better run over a body
nd be done with It," said Gideon,
gruffly.
"Pldn't see you in time to stop, un
do, 'pon honor," answered the driver,
with comic gravity, then, with a wink
at bis companion, he turned out of the
road In order to pass the slow-going
Tabids of Gideon; but the old horse,
teeming not to relish the Implied re
proach, pricked up hla ears, stretched
bis giraffe-like neck, and was off like
shot
The young men shouted, and the
fua-loving driver kspt back his fiery
DEATH.
But to llTt avary day to lira ont
All tha truth that ba draarat,
while hit frlands met hla eondact with
doobt,
And the world With contempt
Tm It thai tbat be plodded ahead,
Never turning aalde?
Then we'll talk of the Ufa tbat ba led
Never mind bow ha died.
-Erntat Croibjr, in "Bwords and Plowshares."
steeds to see the old horso exert his
feeble powers to gain the victory.
Gideon amttafl rtrmiftlv at th nnrtla
efforts of his beast and slackened his
reins, giving every now and. then an
encouraging word to tbs plucky anl
mal.
Thus the race continued for about a
mile, when the young men darted
ahead lika wildfire, shouting out to
uiaeon:
"Better look after your hens, uncle;
thev need it bv thla time."
Gideon turned about anxiously to
follow this piece of advice, and looked
Into the coop. But, alas for poor Gid
eon; his hens were gone. A large
aoie in the end of the coop revealed
the manner of their egress.
"The mean, low-lived pnnnrirwU!
They smashed the coop, and then be
guiled mo into a race on purpose to
let my hens escana: but thev'ra anmo.
where aback, and1 I won't go home
without them it It takes me a week to
catch them. How I should like to
horsewhip them fellows!"
Thus muttering Gideon put his horse
about and retraced his steps.
"Let's see. Twas somewhere near
the red mill that them rascals did tho
damage, and let my hens out 'Twould
serve me right if I never see a feather
of them again. To go racing horses
like a boy, and leave six of the finest
dorklng hens that ever cackled to shift
for themselves."
Never starving hunter locked with
more eager eyes for the game by which
he hoped to appease his hunger than
did Gideon Marshall for his missing
hens. When he reached the little val
ley where stood the red mill, his eves
wandered from side to side in anxious
search.
He passed the mill and drew near a
pretty white cottage, surrounded by
rruu trees and flowering ahrubs, wuich
were Just beginning to put forth their
leaves. A lady, comelv and dark.
haired, though past tho rosy bloom of
early womanhood, was standing before
the door, admlrina a row of baautuul
whits hens which bad mysteriously
made their appearance on the prem
ises, and were ouletlv nlumlna them
selves on the front fence.
Gideon saw neither the ladv nor tha
dimple-cheeked child which played
near her on the vouna in-aaa. H huA
found his hens, and now bis mind
was wonderfully perplexed to contrive
some way to catch them: for. to nu
his own words, they were as "wild as
hawks," and quite at fond of their lib
erty, too.
He took an ear of corn from hla
pocket, and shelling it on the ground,
called to them in every concelvahla
way to come and eat; but the hens
were either too stupid to understand or
too wise to heed, and so kept their
perch.
At length Gideon became convinced
that there was no way but to run them
down one at a time no verv eaav teat
to accomplish, considering that they
would nave an the time a locomotive
power In reserve, and could flv or run
as their need or fancy prompted. Act
ing on this conviction, he crept cau
tiously forward and made a lnnro at
the nearest, sufficiently dexterous
enougn to secure a handful of feathers,
while the hens fluttered In concert
from the fence and struck out In dif
ferent directions.
Gideon was over the fence In a trim
and In lively pursuit of the refractory
fowls.
Around the house he followed thn
hindmost, and Into a neat, newly-made
garden, over the smooth, even beds of
which be trampled without compunc
tion. Round and round he ran, and
leaped and jumped until the hen, as
If desirous of a wider field of action,
flew over the fence into a freshly
plowed field. This Gideon found lesa
adapted for a race than the garden,
lor with every step he sank ankle
deep in the mellow loam. After mak
ing the circuit of the field, the hen
new into the top of a peach tree, Jn
which her fellows were already con
gregated. Her safe arrival was the
occasion of a prolonged and trlum-
umpnant crow from the rooster, tan
talizing enough to Gideon, who came
up wiping the perspiration from his
heated face. As he passed the garden
he saw with some sumrlsA tha full
extent of the mischief he bad wrought,
ana wondered why somo one had not
come out to remnnstr&t amlnat hla
devastating flourishes over the beds.
uiaeon was in sore preplexlty. There
was no such thins: for him ba patching
the hens In a race. He stood under the
peach tree in a brown study, scratch
ing his head vigorously to coax there
from some plan by which his dorklngs
might be secured. He did not see the
aark eyes which watched him so curi
ously from a back window, nor the
mischievous smile that lurked arnnnft
the lady's mouth as she witnessed his
discomfiture.
"I'm dashed if I can think r an
way. to circumvent the torments'.
They're too knowing," murmured Gid
eon. "Maybe the woman can mnlrin
a way to do It I've heard say women
nave saarper wit Uaa we."
"Madam," said Oldeon, as he ap
proached the cottage and made his
most polite bow. "I crave your as
sistance, or, rather, your advice, about
catching those hens In the tree yon
der."
The lady thought he would have to
wait till night, when they were gone
to roost and when Gideon demurred
on account of the lonely way he had to
go, she told him he would be welcome
to stay over night
Gideon looked more perplexed than
ever. What was there In the lady's
voice and eyes that puzzled him soT
And the child. How Its dimpled
cheeks and rosy mouth sent his
thoughts far back in the past He led
his horse, which all this while had
been standing like a tin peddler's In
the middle of the road, to lue stable,
then came back to watch his dorklngs
till night should restore them te his
keeping. .
The child's mother was busy In an
other part of the house, and the little
fellow was soon on familiar terms
with Gideon, who, strangely enough,
felt his bachelor heart warm toward
him. The little fellow Imparted to his
new friend all his little stock of know!
edge told him of the brother and sis
ter who were at school, and of the
father who was at rest In the far
away churchyard.
Gideon retired early to his room,
meaning to start for home by the
break of day. He pulled off his coat
and boots, and then took from his
wallet a bank note, which was to be
left as a compensation to his hostess
for her hospitality, as well as the In-
Jury he had done In her garden.
But where had he best deposit the
money? Several books were lying on
a shelf. He took one down, intending
to place the bill therein in the form
of a bookmark, and leave it on the
table. Something written on the fly
leaf caused him to start, and flush
and pa'a alternately.
He shut the book, fancying himself
the victim of an illusion. But again
he opened It, and again read his own
name and that of Linda Pratt traced
in his own handwriting. How well he
remembered giving such a book to his
betrothed. This must be the very
fine; but how did it come into the
widow's possession? Gideon resolved
to know, so, again Investing himself
In coat and boots, he went down into
the kitchen where the little widow
was still at work.
Docs the reader wish to follow him
thither, or will it suffice to say that
when he again sought his room it was
past midnight, and that he was ones
more engaged to the sweetheart of his
youth, the pretty widow, Linda Pratt
Holmes?
Gideon did not think of his hens or
any of his many pets again tbat night,
though he lay awake till the sun be
gan to streak the east with lines of
light Mortal never had a lighter
heart than Gideon carried to his home
next day. The old housekeeper won'
dered much when the mice and guinea
pigs, the woodchucks and crows dis
appeared, and her wonder increased
when Gideon brought his wife and her
children home. To use her own words,
"she was thunderstruck, but proper
glad on t to think her boy was took
with a sensible streak once In his
life."
Then the brother, with his family,
came down to offer congratulations,
and the old house was made merry by
the ring of childish voices, and In time
there came another, with eyes and
hair the counterpart of Gideon's, whose
happiness the little stranger's event
rendered complete. New York Week
8IR WALTER ON GH08T8. '
Do Not Believe My Own Experience
Would Convert Me."
One of the letters written by Sir
Walter Scott to his valued friend, Mrs,
Hughes, published In the Century,
says, among somo personal chat:
Dear Mrs. Hughes , . . Your ree
ollectlon Is very vivlJ, ft I doubt not
sufficiently correct; still It falls short
of legal testimony; the recollection of
our childhood on such a topic as tbat
of ghosts ft goblins Is apt to be
strangely mixed with exaggerations, a
sort of embroidery which your fancy
Is so apt to lend such strong coloring
as misleads even Its owners. Our law
has wisely I think introduced a pre
scription of crimes, from the Idea that
human testimony becomes unsettled
by the lapse of time & would be di
rected, more by the Imagination than
the absolute recollection. I therefore,
my doareat lady, paying the utmest
credit to your testimony, yet the oc
currence of so old a data must not
alter my doubts; It wlnna believe for
me. It would be very properly certi
fied, but on my word I cannot believe
It ever to have had an existence; the
story is never told the same way,
though there Is a kind of general re
semblance. ... I do not believe my
own experience would convert me;
though I might tremble I would re
verse the part played by the dovlls
and certainly not believe. I wish you
would write down Mrs. Rlcketts story
as well as you remember it. Every
such story on respectable foundation
s a chapter in the history of the hu
man mind. Still I think the balance
of evidence preponderates bo heavily
upon the Bide of Imputing all such ap
pearances to natural causes that the
mysterious stories "wlnna believe for
me." I am sorry for It; I liked the
thrill that attended the Influence of
these tales, ft I wish I were able to wan
der back through the mazes of Mrs,
Radcllff's romances. But alas! I have
been so long both a reader and a
writer of such goodly matters that
Bournes familiar to my slaughterous
thoughts
Caaaot e'en startle me,
SOME FACTSABOtJT TEA.
GREEN, BLACK AND ALL KINDS
FROM THE SAME BUSH.
Scientific Method of Making The
Differences Are In the Time Taken
for Curing Tree Not a Native of
China.
Many years ago It was believed that
there were two kinds of tea shrubs,
one producing green tea and the other
black, and this Idea was handed down
in cyclopedias and articles on tea
writers, none of whom probably ever
saw a tea tree or knew anything of
the manufacture of tea.
The fart Is, there Is only one genus
of plant, Cnmella Thelfera, from which
the tea pf commerce is produced,
though there are many species pro
duced by difference In soil, climate,
hybridization and cultivation. All
the different kinds of tea green,
black, golden tips, Pekoe, Oolong,
Soochong, Bohea, etc. are made from
the same bush. Pure green tea is
made by quickly drying the leaves af
ter they are plucked, and black tea Is
produced from the same kind of
leaves by drying them after they have
been withered and allowed to ferment
or ripen for a short time in a heated
room.
Pure green tea can bo made by roll
ing the leaves on a board In the sun
or In a bowl or pan over a fire until
they are thoroughly dried and their
color would be that of freah mown
dried grass as cut by a lawn mower.
Green tea Is not such because of Its
color, but on account of Its unripe
ness, as It una all the astringent, bit
ter Qualities that unripe dried fruit
would have.
In making black tea a longer time Is
required. The leaf is first wilted or
withered, and then left for a time In
I warm room to lerment This could
be done by throwing the leaves In a
pile, but this process would be un
equal, bb the Inner part would be fer
mented too much and the outer layers
none at all, and there would be no
uniformity.
The modern scientific method Is to
wilt tho leaves In a machine by means
Df a slow fire, then to place the wilted
leaves in shallow bamboo trays.
placed in a room where the heat Is
trora. 110 degrees to 130 degrees. By
planing the leaves In trays all are
equally affecWd by. the heat. During
this stage the greatest watchfulness
has to be given .'.est the leaves being
under are overfermented, as on this
depends the value of black tea. In the
lame degree as fruit might not be
ripe enctigh or too ripe to suit the
taste.
As a good Illustration of the differ
ence between pure green and black
te, take clover grass. Any one who
has tasted green clover as It Is grow
ing in the field knows that It has a
bitter, astringent taste, not at all
pleasant. Dry this grass quickly, bo
that lta color remains green, and It
will naive the same unpleasant flavor.
Take some of the grasa after It has
fermented and turned black and driej
aa hay, and it will have a sweet agree
able flavor, and one Is not surprised
mat cattle enjoy it Any farmer will
say that to make good clover hay it
tnust Bweat In the cock or wlnrow be
fore It Is gathered in. All be may
know about It Is that his grandfather
or father said bo. In the sweating or
fermentation a chemical change takes
place, the starch becomes sugar, and
the hay is nutritious and pallatable.
For a long time It was supposed
that the tea tree was a- native of
China, when so little was known In
the western world about tea and Its
manufacture. There Is much igno
rance still about It as I have been
asked If we sow the plant every year,
If we mow It with a scythe, or could
we harvest it with a reaper. Tho
Thea Camellia Is a tree sometimes 40
feet high, and a foot in diameter, as
It Is found In the forosts of Assam, In
India. It la now conceded that here
has been its native home, whence
the seed or plants were taken to
China across the mountains and thence
to Japan. In the forest It grows to
wood, with few laurel-like, large,
tough leaves. For a plantation only
young, tender loaves are desired.
Tho soedH, in appearance like hazel
nuts, are sown In a nursery. While
they are growing the acreage Is pre
pared by frequent digging and terrac
ing, as the best plantations are on the
hillsides. Holes are dug four or five
feet apart each way, ready for the lit
tle trees. When these are about one
foot high they are transplanted from
the nursery. They are carefully pro
tected and shielded from the sun.
They are pruned with a knife or
shears, and not allowed to grow more
than two and one-half to three foot
high. They remained dwarfed trees.
the top one mass of small trenches
and the stem at the age of 30 years
not more than three Inches In diame
ter. During the first two years no
loaves are plucked.
In the third year perhaps E0 pounds
of tea may be gathored from an acre.
When the plantation has arrived at
maturity from 600 to 800 pounds of
tea may be gathered from an acre.
The season commences in March,
and lasts till November. During this
time there are from ten to fifteen
sproutings or "flushes," as the growth
of tho young twigs la called. From
these the young leaves are picked, ac
cording to the kind of tea desired. If
the finest, the little tips at the ton of
the twig, only a few hours old, making
tea costing rrom izo to iioo a pound:
then the next leaf below for flowing
Pekoe; still further down Pekoe. Oo
long, Soochong and aown to the long,
harder leaf, Bohea, The old leaves
are not plucked, as they are withered,
and to pluck thorn would Injure the
tree. The flowers are never used,
though beautiful enough to adorn a
bride's hair. When seed Is not de
atrad tho flowers are plucked from the
tree and thrown away.
Since the tea Industry has been as
sumed by Europeans during the lost SO
years In India and Ceylon, Inventor
have been at work, and various ma
chines have been constructed for evory
process except that of plucking the
leaves. It would be as difficult to
pick ta loaves as it would be to gatk
er raspoerrie with a machine.
This la clrnnly done. Each picker
has a little basket and plucks each
leci with thumb and forefinger. The
different machines are for withering
rolling, drying. Bifting and packing,
With them there is scarcely any hand
work on the leaves. The European
tea houses are models of cleanliness,
Bread in the best furnished bakeries
could not be more cleanly than the tea
produced on these plantations.
The tea Industry In India and Cey
lon Is almost entirely In the hands of
Europcaus most of them well educat
ed and all experienced in their busi
ness. They have made as much or
more advancement in the making of
tea as there has been Improvement In
tho dairy Industry in the United
Slates.
In mentioning green tea I used the
adjective pure, for there can be pure
green tea, though as unfit for drink
ing as bitter green fruit when dried
would be for eating. There Is scarce'
Iy any pure green tea in the market
One reason for this 1b that among the
Chinese each family has its own tea
plat and makes up the product which
m sold to dealers, who find It neces-
sary to use coloring matter to give the
various batches a uniform color, and
make it fit for a foreign market.
Another reason is that the Chinese
being a frugal people, wasting nothing
after steeping leaves for their own use
dry and color tho grounds for the
American market, for no colored green
teas are admitted In the European
market, and but little pure green tea
la used there. The Chinese them
selves never use colored teas, and It
13 stated by the best authority that
seven-eighths of all the tea exported
from China 1b coiored and made In
Japan, for If there is no colored Japan
tea, why the frequent use of the word
uncolored by dealers and users when
speaking of Japan tea? No one ever
heard of uncolored Indian or Ceylon
tea. Chicago Tribune.
NO POWER IN THE TIDE.
Wave Motors Have Met with
Degree of 8ucces.
No
Regardless of the fact that up to the
present time no commercial appllca
Hon has been mado of the various wave
and tide motors devised by various In
ventors there still seems to be a fascln
atlon about the subject which leads
men to devote their time and energy to
a solution of the problem, as the pat
em records testify, says the Western
Electrician.
It Is now generally conceded that
power cannot be developed to advan
tage from the tides. Indeed, the total
power represented by the rise and fall
of the water due to tides la far lesB
than Is generally supposed, and when
one stops to consider the added loss
In the necessary machinery the Idea
of using the tides for any useful pur
pose seems Impracticable. Some In
ventors have advocated the scheme
of constructing vast baaing or reser
voirs, to be filled and emptied by the
rise and fall of the tide, which will
drive turbines or water wheels. But
this scheme does not seem feasible, for
as a recent writer, has pointed out
75 cubic feet of water falling 10 feet
would be needed per minute to get a
single horsepower. For 1000 horse
power not loss than 75,000 cubic feet
per minute, or 5,400,000 cubic feet per
tide, muBt be provided. A reservoir 600
feet long, 500 feet wide and 20 feet
deep la an object of some magnitude.
It must not be forgotten, however, that,
Inasmuch as the whole fall of 20 feet
would not be continuously available.
much larger volume of water would be
required.
Somewhat more productive of re
sults, howover, Is the utilization of the
energy of the waves, and many lnven
tlons have been patented for machines
to accomplish this purpose. Though
none of these has ever been put to any
considerable use. still there Is a possi
bility that some day they may be per
fected to such an extent that they will
be used for purposes where an Inter
mittent source of power will serve.
There have been numerous and va
ried devices proposed. Many work
upon the principle of a float geared
through proper mechanical means to
a shaft or some other driving appara
tus. ' As the float rises and falls with
the waves, a roclprocatlng motion la
Imparted to the machinery. It will be
seen that, in order to obtain any con
siderable power by thla means, floats
of largo displacement must be provid
ed. Another common device Is an ar
rangement of cylinders and pistons bo
placed in the water that a rising wave
will force water Into the lower end of
the cylinder and drive the piston up
ward; then as the water recedes, a
vacuum will be formed and the piston
forced down by air pressure. Thla
machine possesses commendable fea
tures and would likely be more effi
cient tlhon another, built upon alto
gether different plans, which consists
of a boat carrying In Its centre a slid
ing weigh which rushes back and forth
as the boat 1b inclined one way or
tho other by the waves and Impacts
upon buffers situated In the ends,
which In turn are connected to the pis
tons of air-compressor cylinders.
A serious drawback to all tidal or
wave machines 1b the fact that the
power Is developed Intermittently,
whlca would make unsatisfactory for
steady load.
A BROKEN REVERIE.
1 Sky that Is mnonlesa and Mar-lft,
A tree that the breeze rustlrs throagh
1 porah that la broad and secluded
And a pornh-chalr Intended lor two.
1 man whom the gode hate been kind to,
whoaa heart leaps (or Joy In hla breast)
& sylph-Ilka and heavenly creature
In Rauisy material! dreeredi
The lova tonga ot thousands of Insects
A burr. In the enra ot the chap,
A bite on the ravlehlng maiden,
, And the sounds ot a tlRh and a elan.
Chicago lleeord-Herald.
HUMOROUS.
First Old Maid Do you think that
love Is blind, dear Angelina? Second
Old Maid Alas! dear Abngatl, I know
It
Dawson I hear thnt Rawlins Is a
great hunter. Davids Don't you be
lieve it; he can't even shoot the
chutes.
Jack And It I stole a kiss, darling,
would you protest? Ernie Well, you
may be sure I wouldn't say "Stop,
thief!"
Nell Maude is quite up to date In
her conversation, iBn't she? BeU
Yes; she's a master of the English
slanguage.
Rolllngstone Nomoss If you had a
million dollars wot would you do? Tat-
terdon Torn Wish I had another mil
lion, I s'pose.
Ostend Paw, why 1b It they put
most gas metres In the cellar? Paw
Because, my son, few gas metres are
on the level.
Silllcus I never like to hear un
pleasant things about my friends, Cyn
lcus No; you generally realize thnt
they are true.
"There Is no such thing as an effect
without a cause," remarked the Wise
Guy. "How about when a woman
changes her mind?" Inquired the Sim
ple Mug.
Mra. Muggins Yes, my husband lets
me do exactly as I please. Mrs. Bug'
gins How nice. But what about
him? Mrs. Muggins Oh, he does ex
actly as I please, too.
De Sniythe I have Just seen those
two souls with but a single thought,
De Jaynes What! that's nothing; the
other day I saw a whole flock of dudes
who didn't have that many.
"Young man," remarked the self
made person. "I began life without a
cent to my name." "That's nothing,
replied the flippant youth, "I didn't
even have a name when I was born,
Weary Willie What made poor ole
Walker fall in a fit while he was talk
In' on dat telephone? Dusty Rhoadet
Central hooked him onto a bath
house by mistake, an' he heard people
wasbtn.
First Life Guard How much did he
give you for saving his wife? Second
Ditto Fifty dollars. First He muet
have been fond of her. Second Oh, I
don't know. She bad a lot of dia
mond rings on.
"I wonder if there is any room In
the literary field?" said the youth who
thought he was cut out to write nov
els. "If thar ain't," snapped the hust
ling old farmer, "there's room In the
cornfield. Here's a hoe!"
They were sitting on the beach. "Let
us make love," he whispered, "bo that
we may have something by which to
remember the seashore when we are
far away." "Ah," she Bald softly, "I
suppose you'd call this a souvenir
spoon."
Gritty George Yer look pretty well
used up, pard. Timothy Ties Yes; I
went up to see dat lady In de wayside
cottage. Somebody told me she waa
keeping "open house." Gritty George
Was de Information correct? Timo
thy Ties Yea; she was keeping an
open doghouse.
Two Mosquito Yarns.
Mosquitoes stopped a 700-horse-
power engine In the plant of the Pitta-
burg Reduction company at Alta Sita,
a suburb of East St. Louis. For sev
eral days the engine had not run
smoothly, but Engineer Robinson
could not locate the trouble. Raising
steam to an unusual pressure had no
apparent effect, and finally the big
drive wheel stopped dead. Renewed
examination showed that moequltoea,
attracted possibly by the oil on the en.
glne, had been mashed to death on the
crossheads and along the piston runa
until they formed a gummy mass that
even steam pressure could not over
come. The factory now has screens.
One of the worst plagues of mosqui
toes ever suffered by ranches In the
Fraser River valley now infests that
district This Bummer the river flood
ed the lowlands, leaving pools from
which were bred millions of big, fierce
mosquitoes that have attacked and
killed bona. At Mount Lehman, a
large district protected by a dike, the
plague of mosquitoes is so bad that
life Is a burden to those compelled to
labor in the open air. Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Nicknames Gone Mad.
Much has been said of the habit
most families have of abbreviating
the names of the children. But what
should be done with a mother who took
weeks to decide what to call her baby,
finally settling upon Antoinette, and
who then called the child Tony for
short? In the same family Is a fem
inine Wily (Wilhelmlna), an unfor
tunate who is known aa 'Fet (chrla-
tened Featherstone Herbert Frederick)
and a girl who was baptized Hope for
two reasons, first because It was a
name that seemed Impossible to ab
breviate and secondly because her sis
ter's name was Charity. Aa Hope
grew out of babyhood the Incorrigibly
lngonloua fumlly set Its wits to work
and evolved the euphonious name of
Hoppy for her. (They at least didn't
abbreviate It) Charity has been
known as Cherry all her life. Boston
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Former Renator Jones, of Nevada,
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The Crown Prince of Germany Is A
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M. Rostand, the author, figure!
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Ian Maclnren, tho author, has come
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,
Jay Cooke, the venerable financier,
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The eminent Germnn playwright,
Gerharilt Hauptmann, la only forty-one
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Lord Mllner, the Governor-General of
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Tho wife of President Loitbet of
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Alfred RumoU Wallace, who shnree
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ycara old.
Emperor William la ambitious to ere
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ital city which shnll match West
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Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward'i
Physician, snys he wna nlwaya lazy In
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It la said that a memorial hospital to
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Richard 8. Storrs. the eminent Brook
lyn preacher, and to bear bis name,
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Aa a result of the first year's opera
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000 In bencflta and pensions for em
ployes were distributed from the fund
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The new crater of Vesuvius Is 425
feet across.
Hazing has boon renewed at the
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Labor men in England slrendy have
thirteen representatives in Parliament
Columbus. Ohio, will soon be the cen
tre of tho glass industry of the United
States.
France hna tVqulstioncd a number
of steamers for the dispatch of a large
force to China.
Tho University of Knnsna, at Law
rence, Kan., will have u chair of Jour
nalism this fall.
Foreign agents of the Steel Trust
have been instructed to seek foreign
business aa booh na possible.
Continued strikes at Barcelona,
Spain, have led numerous cmployera to
suspend all work for the present
A plan la contemplated for the fed
eration of all the commercial travelers'
associations of the British Empire.
Experiments of telephoning along the
railway metals in place of wires have
proved successful near New York City,
The 205-foot chimney at the Armoul
packing plant in Kansas City, Mo., bai
been split by lightning for 100 feel
down.
A new labor socialist pnrty will bi
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ently of the American Federation of
Labor.
Oklahoma cotton growers will try
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prejudice against negro laborers it
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There are 27,163 - negro voters Iri
Greater New York, na follows: New
York County. 11,335; Kings. 4809;
Queens, 038, and Richmond, 281.
German army officials are taking1
ttepa to stop tbe brutality of Bubal,
terns, of whose torture of privates'
many reports continue to be printed W
the German press.
Toy Pistol's Work.
The mortality from the toy pistol tt
appalling and the datb from It which
Is by lock-jaw, is horrible. In Chlca.
go In one July those dying from thla
cause numbered 69 and In another 24
In New York City three consecutive
Fourths of July yielded 98 eucb
deaths. That the tetanus bacillus
which causes Jock -Jaw Is not present
In tho powder or wad of the toy pis
tol cartridge has bean shown by Wells
of Chicago, who examined 200 ot
them; the Boston health officers who
examined 850, and army officers, who
tested 676. Therefore tlve microbes
of the disease aire on the skin, and airs
driven into the wound made by ths
pistol. Tbat they are on the hands of
tho JolMfylng boy is not surprising,
for their spores abound in many soils,
and especially about stables. This
germ la harmless while exposed to the
air, but multlpHee and rapidly produo
es its virulent poison when given
warmth and moisture where air ia ex
cluded. On this account all accidents
from exploding powder should be die
infected by a doctor and should not be
wrappedi up.
AH political prisoners in Cape Col
ony are to be released as soon as ar
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